“Not All That Glitters Is Gold”: Paraspinal Cavernous Hemangioma Mimicking Paraganglioma on Somatostatin Receptor PET/CT
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Iacovitti, C.M.; Cabrilo, I.; Martinello, C.; Cuzzocrea, M.; Paone, G.; Treglia, G. “Not All That Glitters Is Gold”: Paraspinal Cavernous Hemangioma Mimicking Paraganglioma on Somatostatin Receptor PET/CT. Diagnostics 2025, 15, 2456. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics15192456
Iacovitti CM, Cabrilo I, Martinello C, Cuzzocrea M, Paone G, Treglia G. “Not All That Glitters Is Gold”: Paraspinal Cavernous Hemangioma Mimicking Paraganglioma on Somatostatin Receptor PET/CT. Diagnostics. 2025; 15(19):2456. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics15192456
Chicago/Turabian StyleIacovitti, Cesare Michele, Ivan Cabrilo, Chiara Martinello, Marco Cuzzocrea, Gaetano Paone, and Giorgio Treglia. 2025. "“Not All That Glitters Is Gold”: Paraspinal Cavernous Hemangioma Mimicking Paraganglioma on Somatostatin Receptor PET/CT" Diagnostics 15, no. 19: 2456. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics15192456
APA StyleIacovitti, C. M., Cabrilo, I., Martinello, C., Cuzzocrea, M., Paone, G., & Treglia, G. (2025). “Not All That Glitters Is Gold”: Paraspinal Cavernous Hemangioma Mimicking Paraganglioma on Somatostatin Receptor PET/CT. Diagnostics, 15(19), 2456. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics15192456